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GHSA-6CX6-59WP-F7C5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:52 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:30

Details

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2016-2368 (GCVE-0-2016-2368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

buffer overflow

Assigner

certcc CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 158 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Pidgin	Pidgin	Affected: 2.10.11

Date Public

2016-06-21 00:00

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